"Pohutukawa Movement" 2020

Pohutukawa Movement — 2020

A Pohutukawa root, freed from the earth and suspended in light. Pohutukawa Movement takes a fragment of Northland timber and presents it as it has rarely been seen — floating on glass, caught between wall and air, casting a quiet glow into the room behind it.

The root is finished in oil and acrylic paint, then mounted on the front of non-reflective glass with no backing board. The coloured reverse side reflects subtle light off the wall, giving the piece a living quality that shifts with the time of day. Framed and ready to hang.

Details

• Materials: Pohutukawa root, oil, acrylic paint, non-reflective glass, frame
• Dimensions: 280 × 280 mm
• Mounting: Wood floats on glass — no backing board; coloured reverse reflects light off the wall
• Origin: Northland, New Zealand
• Year: 2020
• Artist: John Allen

A unique wall work that brings the texture of the New Zealand coast indoors — one of a kind, and unlike anything else on a wall.